[Leica] WAS: A tripod, an M8, and NOW: M8 & Noctilux focus.

[jhnichols at bellsouth.net (Jim Nichols)]

Ted,

On a retirement income, I have neither the M8 or Noctilux, so I can't try 
this myself.  Do you know if anyone has tried the camera-on-a-tripod and 
inclined-yardstick-with-a-marker experiment with the M8/Nocti combination? 
With the instant gratification of the M8, it seems like a piece of cake to 
put this debate to rest and see if the combo produces a focus plane problem.

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ted Grant" <tedgrant@shaw.ca>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 4:07 PM
Subject: [Leica] WAS: A tripod, an M8, and NOW: M8 & Noctilux focus.


> Tina Manley offered:
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>> I have to say that I'm having more problems focusing the Noctilux on the 
>> M8 than I ever did with the film M's.  Photos that I could swear were 
>> focused end up being slightly off<<<<
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> Tina,
> Quite some time ago I had similar focusing problems with a new m6. Other 
> lenses didn't seem to be a problem, only the Noctilux.  So I sent camera 
> and Noctilux to Leica and they did whatever they did to match the lens and 
> body to-gether perfectly. I never had a problem again with the 
> lens/focusing keeping it locked to the same camera body.
>
> So just maybe your situation is one of those weird things camera and lens 
> do sometimes.
>
> I don't imagine it would hurt to ask the Leica USA folks about it.
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> ted
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